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  • air command
    air command
    noun
    a unit of command that is higher than an air force.
  • Air Command
    Air Command
    noun
    the Canadian air force

air command

American  

noun

  1. U.S. Air Force. a unit of command that is higher than an air force.


Air Command British  

noun

  1. the Canadian air force

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The officer previously oversaw the central air command, leading operations in the centre of the country.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024

Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s air command, told reporters in Kyiv Tuesday that all the hypersonic missiles had been tracked and destroyed thanks to the new Western-supplied air defense systems.

From Washington Times ● May 16, 2023

Some of the missiles were fired from Russian long-range Tu-22 bombers deployed from Belarus for the first time, Ukraine’s air command said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

Ramstein air base in south-western Germany is headquarters for the US air forces in Europe and Nato allied air command.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2022

After the war, the Norfolk Naval Base confirmed its command of the Atlantic Fleet and was appointed the headquarters of the navy’s air command.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

“One of the challenges is you can deplete these really quickly,” said Kelly Grieco, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center think tank who used to teach at the Air Command and Staff College.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

Plus the formation of The Joint Nordic Air Command, which brings together Finland's, Sweden's, Norway's and Denmark's 250 front-line combat aircraft under a joined up command structure, with flexible basing and backed by shared intelligence.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

She was the first female to command an all-male squadron with the Strategic Air Command.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2021

Strategic Air Command, indicating that the American military is keenly aware of the escalatory risks of any large-scale U.S.-Russian encounter in the Arctic.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2020

If the order to attack was to come, it would be in the form of a six-character string of letters and numbers sent by radio from Strategic Air Command in Omaha.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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